{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/administration-of-justice-act-1985/schedule-2/paragraph-26",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1985/61",
  "legislation_title": "Administration of Justice Act 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/administration-of-justice-act-1985",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/26",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Subject to the provisions of any rules of court, on every assessment of costs in respect of any contentious business done by a recognised body, the costs officer may—\n(a) allow interest at such rate and from such time as he thinks just on money disbursed by the body for the client, and on money of the client in the possession of, and improperly retained by, the body or any manager or employee of the body; and\n(b) in determining the remuneration of the body, have regard to the skill, labour and responsibility on the part of any authorised person, being a manager or employee of the body, which the business involved.\n(2) In this paragraph “authorised person” means an authorised person, in relation to an activity which is a reserved legal activity, within the meaning of the Legal Services Act 2007.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 26 renumbered (1.1.2010) as Sch. 2 para. 26(1) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 113(b) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(f)(ii) (with art. 9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 2 para. 26(1) substituted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 113(b)(i) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(f)(ii) (with art. 9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 26(1) substituted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 113(b)(ii) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(f)(ii) (with art. 9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 26(1) inserted (30.6.2008) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 113(b)(iii) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2008/1436, art. 2(d)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 26(1) substituted (31.3.2009) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 113(b)(iv) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/503, art. 2(b)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 26(2) inserted (31.3.2009) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 113(c) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/503, art. 2(b)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 26 wholly in force at 1.1.1992 see s. 69(2) and S.I. 1991/2683, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/61/schedule/2/paragraph/26",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:59:54.512365+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}